PRISTINA, Kosovo, April 23 (UPI) -- Tobacco and alcohol smuggling by 16 Romanian police officers terminated their work in a European Union mission in Kosovo, officials said.
A bus carrying the officers was stopped in Macedonia Tuesday night while en route from Kosovo to Romania, BalkanInsight.com reported.
Authorities found 314 cartons of cigarettes stashed in the vehicle's trunk along with 35 gallons of whiskey, cognac, tequila and vodka, the report said.
The police officers were part of a law enforcement team in the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo run by a European Union operation known as EULEX.
Under pressure from Brussels, 16 Romanian officers will no longer work for EULEX, the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo.
The head of the EULEX mission, Yves de Kermabon, said that he will not resign over the behavior of some individuals.
Their professional standing in Romania wasn't reported.
A bus carrying the officers was stopped in Macedonia Tuesday night while en route from Kosovo to Romania, BalkanInsight.com reported.
Authorities found 314 cartons of cigarettes stashed in the vehicle's trunk along with 35 gallons of whiskey, cognac, tequila and vodka, the report said.
The police officers were part of a law enforcement team in the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo run by a European Union operation known as EULEX.
Under pressure from Brussels, 16 Romanian officers will no longer work for EULEX, the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo.
The head of the EULEX mission, Yves de Kermabon, said that he will not resign over the behavior of some individuals.
Their professional standing in Romania wasn't reported.
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